Welting



E. A. YOUNG.

WELTING.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 14, 1919.

Patented Oct. H, 1921...

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I l I E. A. YOUNG.

WELTING.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 14, 1919.

Patented 0011.1151921.

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? Application filed February 14, 1919. "Serial t. 276,974.; To-allfwkom itmay concern.

Be itknownthat I, ERNESTU A. YOUNG, a" citizen of the United States, and residentof (lleveland, in the countyof Cuyaho-ga and Stateof Ohio, haveinvented certain! new and useful Improvements in Welting, of

shoes which. is

strip, rand, welt or shank posed between the sole and which I hereby declare the following to be, a full,1 clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains' to make and use the same. H Theobjects ofthis inventionare to pro- Vide animproved form employed infithe manufacture of boots and is. applicable notqonly to the manufacture of the Goodyear welt shoe, but to the manufacture of shoes and parts of shoesifastened in any way, wherea slip, doubler, is interf the upper, or in a stitched, down shoe where. the strip-is The further ob ject is to economizeimater'al by so cutting an elongated strip of weltingmaterial, that length of the original strip a at the total "combined lengthof the individual strips; so; produced will exceed the total individual strips were taken. a

i The invention includes theuse of all flexible'strips employed for theseandanalogous purposes, wherethe flexible Y strip is embodied in a boot or shoe as a permanent part thereof. i

Flexible stripsfhaire heretofore been-t con structed by cutting thematerialin long continuous pieces, and after applying the long piece to the sole: of the shoe, the ends are cut oil at the required points.

This inyentionf comprises an elongated i strip of flexibleuniaterial; a

a i cut therefrom overlapat so cut at predeter mined intervals that the component strips and the importance ofthisfeature lies, in the difiiculty is experienced a saving of material obtained in this manner:

to the extentnof the. length ping parts of the said strips: (Heretofore difficulty has been experienced, when using flexible strips of uniform thickn'ess, in bending them and rounding [the a cu'rvesof the. sole atltheshank, but with the improved construction; the strips are reduced in section at the shank curves and no in stitching the strips to the inseam. The

plified itsvarious uses" in the accofn:

panying drawings; ish'ereinafter more allyof a a flexible strip tremities are produced. from whichthe their extremities,

of the oye'rlapdescribed and EsspecificaHyf pointed out the claims.

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lu -the accompanying drawingsjFigure 1 tion's ct flexible sti'i'ps showing several modes otsep'aration whereby an increased linear measurement is obtained over that of the original st-rip before cutting." r

Fig. 6 s a perspectiveshowing ends of the str ps shown inFig. 3. I

formed as shown in" Fig. 1; *Fig'. 8 isa plan thereof.

r sisa plan or a modified fo n shewing their flat extremities. 1 a ig. IO isf anedge' viewthereof;

Fig. 11 is a plan form, in" which laterally wedge shaped ex- Fig. 1 2 is an edge View thereof.

Fig; 13 fs a planofthe bottom of a shoe before the sole "and heel are attached, in which a strip, such as shown infFig. 8 is p y d. l 14 and 15 are similar views, illustrating. respectively the shownin Figsi9f andll. V

"Fig. l6 sl1ows the's'eparated ends-of two single strips and the respective grain and fieshsidesthereof.

r F ig.;16 illustrates theuse of astrip as which does not make shown in Figs? and 8 the shank thinner; Fig. 17 illustrates the use of theforin shown in Figs. 9 andlO in which the shank portion is thinner. Fig. 18 illustrates a shank doubler and, Fig; 19 isaftransversesection of a strip.

cut at intervals, on arnedian line B, parallel to one of the faces of the strip p The plane of cutting is merged into the lateral edgesofthe strip in Figs. 1, ,4,- 8 and ting ismergedl atone end D, D, into flesh side, and at the other end into her otsliortef strips A, A.

use" of the forms represents an elongated strip offlexible welting material, which 1s stripsf whose combined total the-total length of the origi ig.I 7 isian edge View ofa sin le strip of still another modified iii) In Figs. 11 and 12 the same conditions are true, except that the longitudinal cut is taken on a diagonal plane as shown also in Figs. 3 and 6. The elongated portion, or

body, of a' welt, is attached to the front portion of a shoe, and the elongated reduced I extremities are attached to the shank portion of a shoe, and-the diagonal cuts at the ends of the welt may run in the same or opposite directions, If only one reduced extremityiis employed, it becomes the shank portion of the'welt.

In Figs- E), 10, 11, 12, '6, id s, the alternate positions of grain and flesh sides are comes uppermost very little of the flesh portion is exposed to view from above, because the welt at this portion is considerably trimmed away, and hence it can be used economically. I v

' The usual longitudinal groove H, is shown on the underside, of the strip which in Fig. 8 extends the entire length of the strip and in Figs. 9 and .11 may extend only between the reduced extremities or over the entire length of the strip. V I, is the bevel on 'the inside edge where it is sewed to the inseam; I

V In Figs. 13, 14:,and '15, the use of the strips as awelt is shown. In Fig. 4a preferred form is shown, in which the cut is made'vertically on a median .line and merged at its ends in the edges of the strip.

,In Figs.q5, 9 and 10 the median out is horizontal. r

,In -Figs.'3, 6, 1 1 and 12, the welt isp'rovided with a; reduced or tapering extremity by means of aout which enters the top face of the welt,and follows'a line substantially diagonal to the upper and lower faces of the welt at one edge thereof, thence merges into the diagonal plane jof the welt which it traversesv through the greater dength of the cut and finally emerges in a line sub- -1 stantially diagonal to the upper and lower faces of the welt at the opposite edge thereof.

In Figs. 11 and 12 both extremities of one welt are shown and in Fig. 3 two overlap-' rin ends are shown before separation.

In Fig. 17 the welt as shown in Figs. 5, 9,10 and 16 is shown, illustrating the thinness ofthe material at the shank. I

In Fig. 18 oneof the methods of making the overlapped strips for a sole rand and heel rand, and which is the only method of cutting, which leaves the thickness of the shank portionof the welt uniform with the fore part of the welt.

- In this manner the strip which forms a permanent part of the shoe between the sole and the upper can be made and applied either to the fore part, shank or the heel seat as desired, and will form respectively a sole rand, shank doubler, or heel rand.

Having described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A flat flexible strip of welting material, having reduced extremities; said extremities cut on median longitudinal planes, the extremities of said cuts merging into opposite sides of said strip. 2. A flexible strip of welting material, having reduced extremities, said extremities cut on median longitudinal planes and one extremity of each cut merging into the grain side of said'strip, and the other extremity into the fieshside respectively; the points of greatest reduction being upon the'same longitudinal surface of said strip.

3. In a welt in combination, a body portion andv integral reduced extremities therefor, each extremity out upon a longitudinal plane included in a diagonal of the trans verse section of the welt for the greater part of the length of the out, said out entering at the upper face and emerging at the lower face of said welt.

1. I11 a welt, an elongated .body portion having'parallel sides'and faces in combina tion with longitudinally reduced extremities therefor, each extremity having one face inclined to the vertical edge of said welt through the greater part of its length and emerging in the respective upper and lower faces of said welt.

5. In a welt, an elongated body, having a groove on -the lower face adjacent to the inside edge thereof and beveled on the upper inside edge, in combination with an integral longitudinally reduced extremity, said extremity provided with a groove and beveled edge in continuation of said groove and bevel in said body portion, said extremity having one face inclined to the vertical edges of said body.

6. In a welt, an elongated body portion having parallel edges and faces, in combinationwith a longitudinally reduced extremity therefor, said extremity having one face inclined to the vertical edges of said welt through the greater part of its length and merging in the respective upper and lower faces of said welt.

7. An elongated welt for boots and shoes, having straight edges and fiat faces, and reduced extremities, one edge of the body portion and extremities of said welt retain.- ing substantially the original thickness of the body throughout, and each extremity of said welt reduced upon a substantially longitudinal, median plane.

8. A welt, comprising an elongated body and reduced extremities, said welt provided l the body portion adapted around the edge of the fore part of said with a stitch receiving groove on its lower face adjacent to its inner edge and extending substantially the entire length of the body portion and reduced extremities thereof, and also provided with a beveled upper inner corner extending substantially the whole 10. In a welt, a body portion having parallel top and bottom faces and edges, and elongated reduced extremities, said extremities adapted to extend substantially over the entire length of the shank portion of a shoe, to be positioned shoe, said welt having a stitch receiving groove upon the lower face adjacent to its inner edge, extending throughout said body and reduced extremities; said groove extending along the-newly exposed surfaces produced by the reduction of said extremities.

11. A flexible strip comprising an elongated body aortion having parallel edges and faces an elongated reduced extremities, each extremity out upon a plane diagonal to the cross section of said strip, said cuts merging into the top and bottom face respectively.

12. I11 a flexible welt, an elongated body provided with parallel edges and faces, and having elongated extremities reduced upon a substantially longitudinal median plane,

one edge of said body portion and extremities of said welt retaining substantially the original thickness of the body throughout, said welt provided with a longitudinal groove adjacent to one edge and extending along the body and along the newly exposed surfaces produced by the reduction of said extremities.

13. In a flexible welt, an elongated body provided with parallel edges and faces, and having elongated extremities reduced upon a substantially longitudinal median plane, one edge of said body portion and extremities of said welt retaining substantially the original thickness of the body throughout, said welt provided with a longitudinal groove adjacent to one edge and extending along the body and along the newly exposed surfaces produced by the reduction of said extremities, and said welt being beveled upon the upper corner of the inside edge.

14. In a flexible strip for permanent fixture between the upper and the sole of. a

shoe, said strip having an elongated body with parallel edges and elongated reduced extremities, said extremities reduced upon a substantially longitudinal plane, the reduced extremities adapted to extend substantially over the entire length of the edges of the shank portion of the shoe and the body portion adapted to extend around the sides of the fore part of the shoe.

15. A welting strip, comprising an elongated body portion, having parallel upper and lower faces and longitudlnal edges, and an elongated longitudinally and transversely reduced extremity, the inner edge of said extremity forming a continuation of the inner edge of said body portion and corresponding in thickness therewith through out substantially all of its length said extrc'lemity reduced in thickness upon its outer e ge.

16. A welting strip, comprising an elongated body portion, having parallel upper and lower faces and longitudinal edges, and an elongated longitudinally and transversely reduced extremity, the inner edge of said extremity forming a continuation of the inner edge of said body portion and corresponding in thickness therewith throughout substantially all of its length, said extremity reduced in thickness upon its outer edge, said extremity being reduced upon a substantially median longitudinal plane.

17. A welting strip, comprising an elongated body portion, having parallel upper and lower faces and longitudinal edges, and an elongated longitudinally and transversely reduced extremity, constituting the shank portion thereof, the inner edge of said shank portion forminga continuation of the inner edge of said body portion and corre sponding in thickness therewith, said shank portion reduced in thickness upon its outer edge.

18. Awaiting strip, comprising an elongated body portion, having parallel upper and lower faces and longitudinal edges, and an elongated longitudinally and transversely reduced extremity, constituting the shank portion thereof, the inner edge of said shank portion forming a continuation of the inner edge of said body portion and corresponding in thickness therewith, said shank portion reduced in thickness upon its outer edge,

said welting strip provided with a stitchreceiving groove on its lower face, adjacent to its inner edge.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto hand this 11 day of February, 1919.

nanns'r A. YOUNG.

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